SECTION ONE: PROBLEM STATEMENT One of the fundamental premises of urban ecology applied to development in the United States is that urbanization has occurred as a result of the migration of a large and varied population of workers into specific regions of the country because of industrialization (See Text). The development of many of the urban centers in the United States can be directly tied to the industrial expansion of the 19th and early 20th centuries and the progression of urban centers had a notable impact on communities, social interactions, societal norms, public opinion and even self-concept (See Tonnies, 1963 as cited in Text). Further, Tonnies (1963) argued that the urbanization and development of the large cities was putting an end to the close-knit communities of the small town, and that these kind of connections could not occur within the urbanized society.

Emile Durkheim argued it was not location that connected individuals, but a sense of similarity and culture that defined the values and social constructs of a community.

Emile Durkheim

Couverture du livre de Emile Durkheim, Le Socialis...

English: Emile Durkheim's grave. Italiano: La tomb...

As a result, Durkheim would contend that even in the modernizing world, it is possible in the urban setting for individuals who share common backgrounds, cultures, values and religions to demonstrate a level of solidarity without the necessary dictums of the rural community. Durkheim's notion of "organic solidarity," then, stemmed from the acceptance of the viability of these communities within the larger urban setting (See Text).

Chicago School theorists, including Robert Park, Ernest Burgess, Homer Hoyt, and Georg Simmel, considered the specific development of the communities in the urban setting and the elements that determined the creation of the modern slum. Applying the theories of these sociologists to the development of Jewish and African American communities in urban settings like Baltimore underscores the link between manufacturing and industrial development in Baltimore...

More Sociology essays:

... conspiracy. One thought expressed was that the lack of prayer in schools and the disallowed corporal punishment in schools led to the down fall and the violence we now know. Also stated is the liberal view's side they gave arguments of implied ...

... Trump Tower, or to the active marketing of cultural difference at the Baltimore City Fair which was used to make that city more attractive to ... more than a commodity whose production was somehow dictated by the current state of flexible accumulation? This is not, of course the position that Harvey ...

... children of severely depressed parents, but the effect seemed to span even the most properly/happily functioning family as is stated in the last sentence of the "Results," section. I am again delighted that I chose to review this article because ...

... mile Durkheim ... school system in England seeks to do by inculcating standards of clean competition and fair-play. The second is by having a fixed sacred symbols and associated rituals, in the respect and awe for which the multitude will be united ...

24 pages175Nov/20054.0

Students & Profs. say about us:

"Good news: you can turn to other's writing help. WriteWork has over 100,000 sample papers"